Fish bait



June 28, 1932. EGER v 1,865,359

FISH BAIT Filed Dec. 16, 1931 INVENTOR ATTORN EY Patented June 28, 1932 PATENT OFFICE WILLIAM F. EGEB, 0F BARTOW, FLORIDA FISE BATE Application filed December 16, 1931. Eerial 30 8 581387.

My present inventionhes reference to en ertificiel fish bait and my primary object is the provision of an ertihciel casting bait which, when drawn throu h the water will 5 travel below the surface 0 the water with e wiggling movement closely resemblin. that of s, crewfish, grasshopper or other live insects, end which except tor the hook and spinner are of soft pliable material, so that c e fish striking the same without grasping the hook will experience the same reeling as if the fish had contacted as live insect and which deception will cause the fish on the next strike to swallow the bait, and thus be readily caught by the fishermen.

A further object is the provision of en ertificiel beit in which the hook is so belenced that the point of the seid hook is held upward while the bait is drawn through the water and also wherein the bait is rendered prscticell weedless without the use of the usual ber s, stih wires, etc, which hinder fish from shutting down on the bait after they grab it end which ceuses the loss of the fish, the tail of the bait being of colored rubber strips or fringes thet constitute the main attraction for the bait end elso ertly end wholly conceals the hook, the ru her being of such quelit that it will not be efiected by the weter en will withstand unusual weer and tear and which also is in the nature of a tender so that the belt will be practically tree from entanglement with weeds.

A further ob3ect oi the invention is the provision of an artificial beit with e spoonlike spinner which is colored and which is mounted on the lender-wire in e manner to insure the free rotation thereot when the bait is drawn through the weter.

To the attainment of the foregoing the invention consists in the improvement hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the drewin Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improvement.

Figure 2 is a similar view with parts in section.

The body 1 of the bait is of lead or other heavy material and is of frusto conical for- 50 motion and has its outer reduced end or nose 2 tapered to its center. The body 1 has arranged around its outer face a rubber sleeve 2 secured thereon at spaced intervals by thin Wire beils 3, end these outwardly projecting bails are received in the inner faces of an outer rubber sleeve 4.

There is passed through the center of the nose 2 end the body 1 and through the rear and widened end of the seid body, edjacent one edge thereof the shank 5 of e hook 6. To the outer and eye end of the shank there is secured the eye end of n wire leader 6 to whose outer wire end the fishing lines are attached. The wire leader 6 is bent and continued upon itself from the inner end and twisted around the main strand of wire, es indicated by the nlnnerel 7 and there is fixed upon the lender, outwerd of the said twisted portion 7 a hell or sphere 8 that is designed to be contacted by a similar ball or sphere 9 that is slideble on the leader, end the slideble sphere 9 eidords a bearing for a, yoke 10 whose erms ere provided with eyes that are slideble upon the leader 6. The yoke 10 passes through an opening in the reduced end of e spoon-bowl shaped spinner 11. The spinner is suitably colored to drew the attention of fish and incident to its construction and the manner in which the same is mounted upon the leader 6 end rotation of the colored spinner creates e ripple in the water which almost perfectly simulates e-buttertly or other insect. The spinner thus draws the attention of the fish to the bait.

The rubber sleeves 2 end t are secured together end to the body 1 by merino glue and lid while these sleeves are of thin and soft metewhichwillnotretardthefihinthesecond strike in swallowing the bait. The streamers orribbonswillspreadawa fromeachother when the baitisdrawn ughthewater l and thereby render the bait ractically free from en lement with wa s.

Having escribed the invention, I claim: 1. An artificial casting bait comprising a weighted body which is of frusto conical formation and which has its reduced end tapered to the center thereof, a hook having its shank passing centrally through the nose and angularly through the body soft rubber sleeves on the body and said sleeves being formed on the ends of rubber sheets whic are difi'erently colored and which extend from a the widened end of the body and are slitted lon 'tudinally to provide a screen for the hoo and also to provide streamers. 2. An artificial casting bait comprising va weighted body which is of frusto conical formation and which has its reduced end tapered to the center thereof, a hook having its shank passing centrally through the nose and angularly through the body, soft rubber sleeves surroundin the body and secured thereto and to eac other by marine glue, bails surroundin the inner sleeve for outwardly bulging t e outer sleeve, said sleeves being formed on the ends of rubber sheets which are differently colored, and which are slitted longitudinall to provide a screen for the hook and a fish ure.

In testimony whereof I afiix m signature. WILLIAM EGER. 

